Carrier



B. F. KELLY.

CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 14, 1919.

1,337,518. Patented Apr. 20, 19200 IN VEN TOR.

BENJAMIN F. KELLY, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

CARRIER.

I Specification of Letters I atent. Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Application filed October 14,1919. Serial -N0. 33O,677.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented'new and useful Improvements in Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention is directed to improvements in carriers for crooks and the like. i

The invention has for its object to provide a device of this character which is simple, inexpensive, and effective in operation.

'Another object of the invention is to provide a carrier for use upon crocks and the like having at the top an annular bead, and when in place upon the vessel will form a permanent part thereof, but may be easily and quickly attached or detached, as desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a carrier of this nature so constructed and arranged that when in place upon the vessel the same will strengthen or reinforce the vessel at the point where the breakage usually occurs. s

Still another object of the invention is to provide a carrier for crooks or other beaded vessels so constructed that the bails will at all times be in convenient reach.

An embodiment of the illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

.Figure 1 is a sectional view through a crock or the like showing the carrier in place thereon. s

Fig. 2 is an end view of the carrier showing the same in place on a crock.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the carrier removed.

Referring to the drawing 1 designates a crock, which is of conventional form and provided with the usual bead 2, and it is particularly to this type of vessel that my invention is applicable. vessels of this kind are rather heavy, and consequently hard to handle inasmuch that it is necessary at times to move the same from place to place, therefore the carrier will enable a person to handle such vessels with comparative ease.

The carrier consists of a pair of segmental ja'vs 3, preferably formed from sheet metal, but it will be of course understood that these jaws may be formed from suit invention is It is well known that able wire. Both jaws have their ends terminating in flanges 4, said flanges being provided with perforations 5. These'fp erfora-v tions are so located in the flanges that they will register when the jaws embrace the crock. Clamping bolts 6 are engageable in the perforations .5, and are manlpulated to draw the jaws into binding engagement with the crock, and at which time the upper edges of said jaws are engaged with the under surface of the bead 2.

' It frequently occurs that crooks of this kindcrack at their upper ends, andit has been found that this breakage is' eliminated when the carrier is in place since it reinforces the vessel at the breakage occurs.

point where the most Bails 7 are provided and are formed from single strands of stout wire. These bails are bent to provide horizontal bars 8 which'terminate in vertical arms 9, said arms in turn terminate in inwardly directed horizontal bars 10. The inner ends of the bars 10 are spaced, and terminate in vertical arms 11, the lower ends of which terminate in eyes 12; The eyes 12 are located between the flanges 4 and pivotally engage the bolts 6.

The openings of the eyes are of greater diameter than bolts 6, whereby said eyes have limited vertical play with respect to the bolts. Thusit will be noted that when the grips 13, which are carried by the bars 8,

are grasped and lifted that the eyes 12 will move upwardly and engage the head 2 and sustainthe weight of the crock. When the vessel is placed on a support, and the grips released the'bails 7 will swing downwardly and out of the way, but in a convenient position for grasping when it is again desired to lift the vessel.

The jaws 3 will be made to fit crooks of different sizes, it being of course understood that the jaws applied to the respective crock will be of such sizes as to prevent the flanges 4 from being drawn into binding engagement by the bolts6 with the eyes 12, thereby permitting the bails'to swing upwardly or downwardly with ease.

' What is claimed is:

-1. A carrier of the class described comprising a pair of segmental jaws for embracing a vessel,- said jaws having anges at their ends, bolts engaged with the flanges for holding the jaws in clamped engagement with the vessel, and bails having eyes for engage the bead to sustain-the weight of the pivotal engagement with the bolts, and bevessel when the bails are employed to lift tweenthe flanges. said vessel.

2. In combination with a vessel having a Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set 5 bead, of'acarrier consisting of a 'pair of my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- -15 jaws for embracing the vessel below the nesses.

bead, bolts for clamping the jaws on the BENJAMIN F. KELLY. vessel, bails having eyes for pivotally engag- :Witnesses: ing the bolts, said eyes being greater in DANIEL B. CAREY,

10 diameter than the bolts and are adapted to WM. FISHER. 

